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excited utterance

that is made by a person while under stress caused by the event see also res gestae spontaneous declaration at declaration compare dying declaration at declaration NOTE: Excited utterances are an exception to the hearsay rule. They

Exhibit

Exhibit, a document or other thing shown to a witness when giving evidence, and referred to by him in his evidence. The term is usually applied to a document referred to in, but not annexed to,...

Vaccination

Vaccination Act of 1867 if within four months from the birth of the child he makes a statutory declaration [see infra] that he conscientiously believes that vaccination would be prejudicial to the health of the child, and

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Void and voidable

transactions, decrees are those which are wholly without jurisdiction, ab initio void and for avoiding the same, no declaration is necessary, law does not take any notice of the same and it can be disregarded in collateral

Election

wide connotation commencing from the Presidential notification calling upon the electorate to elect and culminating in the final declaration of the returned candidate, Mohinder Singh Gill v. Chief Election Commissioner, (1978) 1 SCC 405: AIR 1978 SC

Declaratory decree

Declaratory decree, a binding declaration of right in equity without consequential relief, which might be made under the (English)

Affirmation

Affirmation, a solemn declaration without oath; the being allowed to make it was an indulgence at first confined to the people called

res gestae

set of exceptions to the hearsay rule that permits the admission of hearsay evidence regarding excited utterances or declarations relating to mental, emotional, or bodily states or sense impressions of a witness or participant compare dying declaration

Discovery

Discovery, revealing or disclosing matter. The Courts of Common Law were originally unable to compel a litigant to disclose any fact resting merely within his knowledge, or discover any document in his power, which would aid...

Trust instrument

s. 9, includes in relation to settled land, any instruments whereby the trusts of the settled land are declared other than a vesting instrument or vesting conveyance. By s. 4 (ibid.), the trust instrument constituting a settlement

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